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live this is kron 4 news at 530. about today kron 4 news as obtain new surveillance video of the suspects just minutes before the shooting. kron 4 has a look at who police are looking for. >> surveillant idiocy was recorded by minutes before the murder of 45 year-old can't on the same block webster street in oakland where he was killed sunday night appeared oakland homicide investigators say these two people you see here this man and woman were identified by an eye witness in the case. the what the public to pay close attention to this woman wearing what police say is a very distinct multicolored jackets
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big pants and white shoes you see here. they hope someone will recognize the woman by the video is instrumental in oakland kron 4 news. and in san francisco
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this arrest caught on tape has police investigating whether not the officer used excessive force when arresting this woman she's appears to be slam to the ground. police are saying they were called to the scene because the suspect had insulted an elderly woman who refused police about the incident. the rest was captured in an amateur video and posted to youtube. the suspect to police say are for year-old white woman was handcuffed in could be heard swearing at police. . should be seen fighting to stay out of his patrol car. the contortion of excessive force comes in right here. the officer seen struggling with the woman and then she goes these first onto the ground. a big question is of course to the officers or the crown did she fall the ground happened or was there some other explanation. we show the video to for services copley's chief
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tony rivera who teaches law enforcement's at usf. he says will target be certain he said it's possible wall resisting arrest the suspect put the officer off-balance and that's how the two wound up on the ground. he has other questions about the rest. from a training perspective, that my main concern would be, why eight she wasn't secured it in the radio car sooner. the protocol is for the officer to do it safely and to do it safely for the suspect as well as the going gets hurt. as for san francisco please they say the incident is now one of investigation. when you look at the video ec force you don't owe a debt which are saying. you're always in one dimension of it based on the officer the size of them you determine what's needed to do with force is needed. we don't know that that's what they have to investigate. please don't know how long winter investigation will take but they say in the lead time the officer
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has been put on restricted duty where he doesn't have to interact with the public. the differences go kron 4 news the feel suspect has been arrested for resisting arrest elder abuse assault a firefighter and child endangerment. i suspect killed by police this morning in santa clara county this happened during this marijuana eradication of operation. the operation conducted jointly by the alameda county and santa clara county sheriff's offices near mines road south of livermore. during the operation someone fired at the officers they shot back. killing the suspects. please officer fatalities are on the rise this year. an organization that honors fallen police officers released a report their repeal the 87 officers were killed in the first six months of the year. they said that number is up by 43% from last year when 61 officers were killed during the same time. the organization added that if the trend
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continues 2010 could become the deadliest year for u.s. police agencies in 20 years. caltrans has started in the first afford tunnels for the new presidio parkway project. transportation reporter mark jones says the project is grating thousands of jobs. the u.s. government is pumping $83 million into the tunnel began project as part of the american recovery and reinvestment act to end the recession. there gavin newsome said the presidio park where project will create 6200 local jobs. as an example there is this woman to lead shields cal can't pumping in severance as good a point she bid on two faces of the project and got $6 million in work. that allowed her to buy this concrete pumping machinery and hire three unemployed people expanding her small company payroll by 65 percent. sulfur employes cried she spoke she held back tears as she expressed her appreciation to the crowd. the
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key from the bottom of my heart. it is hard for small businesses to make in this tough world right now every project opportunity. the billion dollar project to build the presidio parkway to the golden gate bridge will be finished in 2013. in severance is the mark jones kron 4 news. the tech giant will be slashing hundreds of jobs. it applied materials which produces technology for solar panels and they're going to cut up to 500 jobs with the main goal of making the company profitable by next year. after the plan is complete applied materials as they expect to expand by hundred million dollars pier the company said the employes who lose their jobs will be able to find work within the company. >> it is cool out there this afternoon the fog a big factor if close to the coast line still over cast along the coast and in oakland just 55 degrees in san francisco. 60 of oakland
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same thing redwood city. 69 livermore, 80 want in antioch temperatures struggling to warm up to date. fog cut in the coast line the cool marine air in the bay. by tomorrow it will clear a little faster so be about flat to in degrees warmer and the warming trend will continue into the weekend on details on your extended forecast >> coming up a bit> as we take a quick break on the kron 4 news at 5 with of a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza one of the letter traffic spots around the bay bridge toll plaza one of the letter traffic spots around the bay area right now. [ meg whitman ] if we could only do one thing, putting people back to work would be the most important thing. the human cost of 2 million californians out of work is devastating,
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and i think, often, politicians forget about that because they don't see it every day. i see it every day. i think raising taxes on californians today is absolutely the wrong thing to do. we have to streamline regulations, we have to cut taxes for businesses, and then we have to stand up and compete. california needs to lead the nation again, and i think we can do it.
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just in the kron 4 news from santa clara police are warning against burglars. since july 13th they've investigated six nighttime burglary is in the southern part of the city in each case the suspect entered the home from inland with no or gore made off with laptops for game systems. police say all these took place during the early morning hours of the residents were home and presumably asleep. please sir advising residents to make sure doors and windows are locked. applied in the newsroom dan from an kron 4 news. >> stocks closed sharply lower today just after comments from former us from said who said the economic outlook is " unusually
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uncertain " the dow fell hundred nine points to 10,120. did those 14 and the nasdaq slid 35. finally some good news for foreclosures as mortgage default notices are now with the lowest level in three years. there were just over 70,000 diesel notices filed in california from april through june that's down nearly 44% from the same period last year. if that's the lowest level since the spring of 2007. the biggest drops when less expensive markets which were hammered by foreclosures in the last two years. taking a great approach to turn around neighborhoods that were hard hit by the mortgage meltdown. >> this is for sale by the city of san jose. it didn't always look like this. here's a picture for when the city bought it it was a beijing home with chipping paint the lawn was sent used to look like this trend up and covered with weeds is now rushing green with hours and landscaping it took the updated
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kitchen and replaced it with this new cabinets counter tops and appliances. the city got a federal grant to buy up and fix up homes and hard hit neighborhoods like this house. which is now being remodeled it had been abandoned and was on the neighborhood ever welcome window broken out. even with the construction going on people is still dumping old furniture in front of the empty home. the city is selling a home is not to the highest bidder but to qualified low to middle income buyers and lowering the down payments. and acting it to make a profit but to improve the neighborhoods that these homes were dragging down. the cash to learn more about how to qualify a clock on tour website at www.kron4.com and look for news links. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> target is hoping to open its for storage in san francisco add delete and masonic location occupied for the department stores shut doors in 2008. many of the shoppers in the neighborhood that was spoke to are excited about the prospect of the discount retailer taking
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over the space. >> personally knowing this area used to have seeress' an essential little market area and very happy to see target come in. i'm in support of the target store because of the location in this area. we have available parking and there's a need in this area for that type of business. all the businesses around would also benefit from the project. >> think it's a great deal would need something here. there's a lot of stores and here but all lot of them are starving because is not a main occupants so we could use a target. >> community meeting to discuss the project starts tonight at 6:03 p.m. at the proposed site. >> taking a live look at side from the golden gate bridge forcing the fog rolling over the bridge here and also of the coast line which is what's responsible for the cool
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temperatures out there today. just 55 degrees in san francisco same thing in half moon bay 16 oakland are in the spots struggling to warm up this afternoon it's pretty cool bay area wide cheered as we head into the evening if the fog will move vinland's by tomorrow morning a dense fog and drizzle close to the coast. it will scale back a lot faster tomorrow in the closely could see a few sunbreaks. by 3:00 in the afternoon we'll see temperatures 5 to 10 degrees warmer than what we saw there today. fog tracker for tomorrow morning the fog will be extensive to the early morning hours by 6:00 it will already be peeling back. patchy fog to the delta and tell in the south bay if peeling back to the coast line by 9:00. we'll mostly sunny skies for most of the bay area for this hour. texas sunshine will help warm things up 60 in half moon bay, 61 san francisco or in the spots warming up quite a bit into the '80s tomorrow, 81
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concord 83 livermore and 87 in antioch pure will continue the war in time for the next couple of days. coastal of fog but it will become less and less dominant as we make our way into the weekend. this weekend will have minimal fog close to the coast entablatures will warm off into the '90s inland appeared cool back right down as we head into next week in the fog returns. >> national news federal authorities are investigating a frightening incident for passengers on united flight headed to los angeles the turbulence was so bad if a least 22 people were hurt your looking at the scene in denver last night after the flight was diverted passengers were thrown around at of their seats drinks and loose items flew through the cab and oxygen masks were dropping he see people take off by structure and its the third time passengers have been injured in turbulence on united flights in recent months. if the statue of liberty evacuated today because of reports of smoke people were unsure why was
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happening at first appeared in plays hustled them out the problem turned out to be a faulty sensor system loss long and visitors were soon back inside. the senate does pass an extension of unemployment benefits tonight. tomorrow the bill is to the house is expected to pass and pass state employment agencies are getting ready to send out checks again the bill would benefit millions of americans who have been out of work for months. president barack obama the big round of applause today as he announced the most sweeping overhaul of lending in high finance roles since the great depression pure the new law will add stateside for millions of consumers is also aimed their restraining law will street in preventing the kind of meltdown the book of the economy in 2008. not everybody is happy republicans argue will be a burden on small banks and businesses that rely on them. >> for web producer kimberly sakamoto joining us now she takes a look at some of the best paying college degrees.
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>> the list was put together by focus stock, a network of world class business and technology experts. if this is the top five here will weather its chemical, mechanical, electrical, a physics for environmental engineers are making big bucks in economics be some not as to some the ranks a close second engineering because of purely mathematical science degree in physics allows its grads a great range of career choices computer science and statistics to round out the top five british couldn't look the entire list to www.kron4.com and look for it on the whats on the web section. >> those are all the hard ones can relate. thanks for the update look at the golden gate traffic is a bit slow is to make your way over to the toll plaza.
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time now for tech talk with gabe slate. >> new technology called augmented reality which i believe what a huge impact on
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our life in the near future. virgil images and information. say you're out about and you come across a funky looking plan to anyone to know more about it you take yourself of like the camel lands on yourself all and all the sudden of virtual image of the plant will pop up on yourself from screen and all kinds of information about the plant will pop up like its name, or urgent, and you want to buy one? all kinds of information that's a few years out. right now there is an example of augmented reality on the market that you can check yourself. it has to do with baseball cards. baseball cards are going high tech card manufacturers tops reinvent the hobby of collecting baseball cards by using what went to technology. given the ability to interact with your computer the cards you to come to life it's pretty cool. here's out working
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the web camera running with your computer any web cam will do far up the internet and log on to the top three website. pick one of the three cards and choose the name of the player on the card if you have on the list. and using line how word for this example. hold up the card is for the web can to recognize it. >> philadelphia phillies first baseman ryan how word. >> to clear that pops up from the card on the screen comes to life when your hand moves the card through the image on screen moves with it. you can release the bridge will clear from your card in the living on your computer screen. from there you complete games with your player. to some pitching catching bad things you cut of scores you can get. for more for mission log on to www.kron4.com and look for my tech page gabe slate kron 4 news. >> a look outside over downtown san francisco overcast skies the fog will continue to be a factor of forecast appeared on details on that coming up with the kron 4 news at 6 coming up
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lima this is kron 4 news at 6:00. and while it should out on highway 580 early sunday morning now working its way through the court system. byron williams suspected of targeting to nonprofits. a police state and says he wanted to start a revolution. if one of the groups targeted is often the target of another man fox news his gun back. tonight we hear what back had to say about tides. we find out what happened in court today carried >> were we begin this evening to resell has more on our top story. >> here in oakland by ridley as the man who was involved in the 580 violent shoot out and was in the bay area allegedly kill people at to organizations was in court today as it is in the picture williams has injuries
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on a space in the shootout. he was also a wheelchair in court and his right leg was bandaged. if williams told investigators he came to town to kill " people the importance that tides foundation nonprofit justice center and at the aclu " he is scheduled to end the plea but is arrangement was postponed. they learn williams recently told investigators in the hospital when he was interviewed and the aclu to wait until monday when the offices opened and then kill people. williams is now facing eight charges including premeditated murder, and being can't possession of a firearm as a felon. because of his extensive criminal history this could be is considered his third strike and possibly face the rest of his life in prison. in oakland to reset kron 4 news. >> yes is suspected of targeting to groups the aclu of northern california and tied
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another nonprofit. it's a group commonly targeted by fox muses: back. kate thompson has more holdback says about tides. >> spokesperson for tides headquarters in 7 cisco said the organization is often the target of attack on the glen back show appeared on this youtube back angry over an educational video if that he believes is misleading that was produced by tides. >> made it? the tides foundation. the tides foundation. it's neat how what all ties together doesn't. >> back rails against the organization leaking them to criminal activity. >> the apollo alliance that's the one that wrote the stimulus bill, though dan jones is only apollo alliance board, 0 jeff jones to we have a great picture of jeff jones? in case of the scene jeff jones i love this we have his fingerprints to home because his organization is stored in the '60s was bombing
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the pentagon. forget all about that. >> tied ceo drummond pike said it should be the obligation of every american especially those whose voices are amplified by the media, to foster civil discourse and dialogue among those renee disagree about public matters. if " reporting in san francisco kate thompson kron 4 news. >> for continuing coverage of the 580 shootout investigation stay with kron 4 news and for up-to-the-minute updates log on to www.kron4.com. >> critical out there this afternoon especially close to the coastline where it's still over cast of this hour. 54 san francisco same thing in half moon bay, 59 were but city and in oakland to 60 degrees. even our inland spots struggle to warm up this afternoon. only seven degrees in concord, 69 livermore. a satellite picture fog cut in the coastal instilling in oakland will continue to move in the bay
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overnight the move didn't fairly quickly widespread fog, morning but it will clear faster for the additional sunshine which will lead to 5 to 10 degrees of warming tomorrow. last fall this week that means warmer conditions all the details in your extended forecast coming up a bit. >> thank you jack the today marked the third day of delays for ec transit riders due to a labor dispute the drivers 1 a new contract and the trees and in an agency said they're calling in sick protests. on monday to enter the nine drivers called in sick. on tuesday and today to london's 30 workers called in sick. kron 4 christine conley spoke to both sides about the dispute and its effect on riders. >>he said the union is staging a sickout. the union leader claudia hudson we see here says that's not true there's no sickout. take a listen to both sides. >>this is a sickout there are not the same people 20% of the workforce is missing three says in a row. it's a slap in the
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face to the riders. >>this is not an instance where the union told its members to call in sick and not come to work. the members who came to work, are at work. >>unions said on sunday when the new contract was opposed work schedules and routes where changes with no kind of adjustment. >>they rearrange everyone's lives within one week notice. some of our members who called in sick are off because i have one member that has diabetes who can't drive at night because he can't see. ac transit has put him on the night run. >>all the drivers know their shifts and all there runs. everything said by the union today including the allegations of drivers who are unable to see at night because they don't have good night vision are purely and simply false and propagandist. >>ac transit said the union is hurting riders who are experiencing 35 to 45 minute delays on some routes. the union said its ac transit
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agency's fault and they need to put the old schedule back in place. neither side can say how long they think this might go on. christine conley kron 4 news. a quick break the kron 4 news that six a live look for mount tam sunshine right near the bay but fog hanging tough at mount tam sunshine right near the bay but fog hanging tough at the coast. "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you?
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assistant to the kron 4 news room we have another pyre in fairfield and is similar to the area as yesterday. 530 how which walls of them are fairfield fire fighters are on scene it's a small grass fire will bring more details as they become available live in the newsroom dan carmen kron 4 news. people >> device to watch out of the water near santa cruz urban three shark sightings near capitola just to the south of the most recent one today police received reports of a possible great white shark kron 4 rob tells us about the warnings in
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the water. >> is no photographic evidence or hard confirmation but the sharks settings capitola police are taking its your is nonetheless. these are flyers posted here at the entrance to the municipal wharf after group of surfers reported seeing the shark of there about 10:00 a.m. wednesday morning that comes on the heels of an earlier setting over the weekend when a diver clean the bottom of the boat at the end of the municipal warsaw one not but to sharks. he thought they were great white sharks. shark expert said this is typically not great white season but september and october wally said it's possible great whites it's more likely to surpass eating sharks which also can grow to more than 20 ft.. you can see over here the capitola beach remains open but pleas of notified lifeguards and lifeguards are also on alert here this morning this group of campers here have been told by
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their counselors to stay out of the water just as a precautionary measure. the device for everybody here appeared in capitola rob kron 4 news. >> fog has been dominating forecast all week were still going to see it for the next couple of days but will become less of a factor more is expected all the details coming up in just a bit. what this droid does will change how you do movies.
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a break in the investigation of virginia man who shot and killed in oakland this happened sunday night in the 1900 to block of webster street. two people approached a man a computer engineer with three young children. you just finished getting his teeth clean for a job interview. suspects demanded money and shot and killed the man and today police are releasing this video of what they think to suspects. kron 4 shows what please want to look for in this video to help them solve the crime. >> this surveillance video you see here was recorded five minutes before the murder of 45 year-old on the same block of
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webster street in oakland where he was killed sunday night. oakland homicide investigators say these two people this man and woman were identified by an eyewitness in the case. they want the people public to pay close attention to this woman where will please say it is a very distinct multicolor traction and these will choose to see here. oakland police say they hope someone will recognize this woman by the close she's wearing. here's where the two suspects were walking not knowing there are being recorded by these two video cameras. this surveillance video stock for each year as they walk past the building. they continue walking up webster towards 19th or surging camp says stephen to come across the to unsuspecting victims. >> one of the victims was there and press that the homicide she describes the suspect that had begun as a male black wearing a black cuttage subjects dark pants and believe that this
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individual rich character without this video end of it would have anything. besides what the victim provided periods of the video of this instrument off an assault either to other homicide >> person is dead after marijuana rate in santa clara county officers arrived to an area where mines road just outside of livermore is part of this marijuana destroying operation. they encountered someone there and that person opened fire officers are calling the person who was killed the suspect they have not know yet how the shooting began. san francisco police investigating this arrest that was caught on tape this youtube video we chose officers arresting this woman. it turned down the audio because she was shouting obscenities at the officers. you can see how the woman winds up being slammed down on the grounds that sell books in the video. you can also hear the baby crying. police
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saying they were called to the scene because the scene a suspect had assaulting an elderly woman who accused this person being drunk while caring for her child. dan, spoke to the police about the incident. >> the arrest was captured in an amateur video and posted to youtube. the suspect to police say is a four year-old white woman is handcuffed in could be heard swearing at police. i could be seen fighting to stay out of his patrol car. the question of excessive force comes in right here pier the officer seen struggling with the woman and then she goes based first on to the ground. the big question is of course to the officers through order to the ground or did she fall to the ground. or was there some other explanation. >> show the video to pour san francisco police chief tony who now teaches law enforcement at usf. he said walter to be certain it's possible we'll resisting arrest the suspect put the officer off-balance and
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that's how the two wound up on the ground. he has other questions about the rest. >> from a training perspective that my main concern would be, why she wasn't secured in the radio car sooner. >> the protocol is the officer to do it safely and to do it safely for the suspect is also no one gets hurt. >> as for san francisco please to say the incident is under investigation >> were looking at the video endorsing the force we don't know exactly what were seeing releasing one dimension of it. based on the size of the officer and this as a suspect german what's needed to do and what source is needed. we don't know that that's why we have to investigate it. >> don't know how long internal investigation will take place in the meantime the officer has been put on restricted duty where it doesn't have to interact with the public. in san francisco kron 4 news. >> the feel suspect was not
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identified was arrested for resisting arrest elder abuse assault on a firefighter and child endangerment carried >> a live look good side to the bay bridge toll plaza overcast conditions here and close to the coastline for san francisco temperatures are a lot cooler as a result. here's a look at the latest selling picture the fog already spilling in oakland and all down the coastline pure will see fog once again what is keeping temperatures corrido pureed 54 half moon bay and in san francisco which are typically are morning low temperatures it's quite cool out there today. to 9 or with city, 70 concord in 69 livermore. but take a look at what we can expect tonight into tomorrow pure the fog will be pushing in land will already be scaling back by the 7:00 hour and even the coast line will see if he breaks the sunshine of there tomorrow into the afternoon.
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pictures sunshine and warmer air is coming in over us will mean five to 10 degrees of warming out there tomorrow afternoon. will take a look at temperatures a moment here is fog first. if bob tracker fog covered in the bay area early in the morning by 6:00 hour eastern appeal back. the fog will peel back to the coastline. quickly by 9:00 a.m. were seeing mostly sunny skies just a lot of law covering over san francisco pureed we didn't expect such an out there tomorrow in the afternoon as the fall continues to push back. a look at our high temperatures for tomorrow today we're in the '70s inland towards back in the inland '80s. 83 livermore in antioch will be our warm spot out there tomorrow afternoon back in the low 60s close to the coast '60s and '70s around the bay shore appeared will continue with the swarming over the next couple of days fog will still be a factor little start- peel back quickly, that is nearly as much of it as we head
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into the weekend here temperatures will warm up as a result. 9 degrees inland by saturday as we head into next week and partially the fog will return and that will mean cooler temperatures well into next week. >> foreclosures are down in california from april through june of this war 70,000 but that's down to 44 percent compared to the same period last year. it's also the fewest number of default notices and the same period in 2007 the biggest drops were in the hardest-hit areas the foreclosure hit hard in the last year kron 4 shows as a new program that's helping us send neighborhoods that in san jose that were hard hit by the march meltdown. >> this houses for sale by the city of san jose. it didn't always look like this. here's a picture for when the city bought it. it was an aging home with chipping paint the loan was used to look like this trend up and covered with weeds is a lush and green with flowers and
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landscaping. they took this a big kitchen replace it with this new cabinets, countertops and appliances. the city got a federal grant to buy up and fix the palms and hard hit a broughams like this house which is now bigger model. have been abandoned and was a blight on the neighborhood. everyone go broken out to gang graffiti on the wall parity with the construction going on people is still double to furniture and art of the empty home. the city is selling his homes not to the highest bidder but to qualified low to middle-income buyers and are lowering the down payments. the not due to a profit but to improve the neighborhood that these homes were dragging down. if you will learn more about how to qualify for the program log on to our web site at www.kron4.com. rain kelly kron 4 news. >> the boy is launching a website that will be safe to browse while at work. web producer kimberly tells us about the site carried >> the smoking jacket dock, which you can see right here it will contain none of the not the
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the damaged playboy dock, not suitable for work. the plan are relying and humor to reach playboys target agency. a spokesperson said they found a lot of their audiences box on a playboy eight dock, after work to realize is they're missing a golden opportunity to reach guys when they're on line at home. smoking jacket dock, will not include the long interviews or in-depth articles down on the original site instead a spokesperson said it's meant to be cool and decidedly unserious. to read all about the website visit our whats on the web section on www.kron4.com. >> thanks kimberly a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza and it's pretty good and is san francisco if you look on the right to come down the incline in oakland with bumper-to-bumper traffic here is to make your way towards the maze.
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48 hours after being fired for allegedly racist comments to warmer in agriculture department officials surely is now being offered a new job helping to eradicate racism in that department. she hasn't said shall take the job but she has got one thing she wanted an apology. >> she's a good woman she's been put through hell. agriculture >> secretary called his decision to fire surely a mistake he will live with for the rest of his life. the woman at the set of the storm watch as the president's spokesperson admitted there's plenty of blame to go around. >> everybody involved may determinations without knowing that the all the facts and all the events. >> this should of happened, it took too long but it makes me happen that the apology is finally coming. >> the story of all that was leading speed after two-party blocker posted this video on monday carried >> some black people have lost
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their farm and here i was faced with having helped waitperson. save their land. so, why didn't give him the full course of what i could do. >> appear in to say she did not do everything she could to help a white farmer. the agriculture department wasted no time calling her in her car to demand her resignation as world development director in georgia. then the rest of the speech appeared to shrug describe tower of the father had been murdered by white supremacists and how the white farmer helped her to overcome our own prejudices. >> working with him made me see that it's really about those who have verses those who don't. >> white house officials say president barack obama has no plans to call and apologize to show broad >> taking a look at our extended forecast of fog will continue throughout the week but it will get less and less of a factor of details on the float forecast
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coming up plus all of today's top stories right after this short break. >>
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what 63 tonights big stories in one big block of news more cruz, more stories right now our top story. >> turn oakland byron williams the man involved in the violence should out of the 580 as well as in town to allegedly kill people and to organizations was in court today. he was scheduled to enter a plea but his arraignment was postponed. kron 4 is learning that williams recently told investigators in the hospital when he was interviewed, he planned to go to the tiger organization and the aclu to wait till monday until the office is open and kill people. in oakland kron 4 news. >> and san francisco the tides foundation which police say was one of the targets of byron williams was the topic of conversation many days on glen baxter fox cable new show. back
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many times rally gains to organization speaking out against them and what they stand for and what they do. williams' mother had said many times he would become angry after hearing about organizations on the news. reporting in san francisco kate thompson kron 4 news. >> here in oakland police headquarters investigators released this surveillance video of two suspects wanted in connection to the murder of of fairfax virginia man here near the corner of 19th street and webster late sunday night. >> suspect that had the gun was a male black wearing a black could sweatshirt black gloves and dark pants. believe that is this individual here without this video i don't think we have anything. as far suspect's description >> oakland police headquarters kron 4 news. >> hear the san francisco hall of justice pleas are looking into whether or not officer used excessive force when arresting zero men on sunday afternoon. the rest is captured and youtube
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video. the woman appears to be resisting arrest the question is did the officer used excessive force? the woman was ultimately arrested or elder abuse, assault and a firefighter, and resisting arrest. in 7 cisco kron 4 news. >> no good ac transit's said riders may continue seeing delays because of a contract dispute. the agency said for the past three days 20 percent of drivers have called in sick. they're calling rolling sickout the labor union said that's not true drivers have to call in sick because the route and scheduled that changed with notice appeared some routes could see 35 to 45 minute delays and no one can say how long was my last. christine conley kron 4 news. >> and another big story this difference is the transportation authority voted to put the issue of adding another $10 fee if to be a car registered in the city on the november ballot. the money from the feet would put a transportation projects like street repairs, pedestrian safety and public transportation. the measure will pass or fail by a simple
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majority pier the city came said about $5 million a year of the measures approved. and san francisco kron 4 news. >> hearing of the beach and wharf are abuzz the wake of the pair of shark sightings capitola police supposed warning fliers like these advising people to enter the water progress appeared to surfers independent of each other reported seeing a great white sharks near the kelp beds off the fourth wednesday morning. late last week a diver said he sought to white sharks circle of boat the beach remains open but lifeguards are on high alert. in capitola kron 4 news. >> the days of the drive continues to change the face to beginnings the mass of presidio project mark jones gives us a look at the work ahead. >> the digging for the battery tunnel is under way. this $116 million part of the project is about 10 percent of the total budget of the new presidio parkway. it's happening within feet of a national cemetery and
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had to have top administration approvals of the cemetery will be disturbed. if the date of the tunnel by digging a deep trench. though bill the roadway, and cover backed up. and then rebuild like to boulevard on top. this animation shows what it looks like what it is finished. this is a look from above, and this is an animated look from the opposite direction from the ground which traffic heading into the tunnel. much of the money for this project is coming from president barack obama as the american recovery and reinvestment act pier the billion dollar project will be finished in 2013. drivers will have an earthquake safe approach to the golden gate bridge for the first time. the current oil drive has a safety rating of two out of a possible 100. in san vs the mark jones kron 4 news. >> it's a big weather story continues to be the fog a look inside over the bay bridge toll plaza of overcast conditions here in close to the coastline. as a move in the next couple
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days the big story with the fog will be that it clears the quicker it becomes less of a factor of forecast. more will be dance again to push back to the coastline by 10:00 a.m. that will lead to warmer temperatures which will get increasingly warmer as we head into the weekend and fog continues to push back to the coast. saturday and sunday temperatures near 90 inland '70s on the bay 60's one would coast will go back down next week as the dog returns. >> thank you jacqueline time now for look of the analyst of the 50 most wacky cat and dog names are web producer kimberly sakamoto has the look. >> the answers were picked for the data base of one company more than 485,000 list of insured taps. a few that make less no. 2 is applaud named lord shall be approved based coming in after that the no. 3 goodall to dock in his name was inspired by ms. c elliott some number five is you make half lab have shepherd the markings look like
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she's had a hard night of drinking so the name tour molly mick brewis town appeared number for admiral pancake also called the panties a door and number nine is the white himalayan who goes by the name shawn a lot as or marshmallow puff. if you like to check out the entire list is our whats on the what sectional www.kron4.com. >> thank you kimberly live look for san jose a little windy the " sunshine in traffic on 87 on the overpass getting on 87 southbound is bumper-to-bumper.
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now here stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. that's what this lady taxing honor cellphone waiting across franklin street in san francisco. as she gets the green light and begins to cross you forgot to do one important safety check. and she never looked both ways. when i was a
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child when the first things my mother taught me was to look both ways before crossing the street. it's a safety habits of many people the bay area just flat out for it to do every day. in some parts of san francisco their sides like this one involving pedestrians look both ways before crossing is more than half the best and safety pedestrians have to take some responsibility for their actions. it's a common sight to see people trust in the drivers will stop the red in crossing without ever looking to see if it saved. when you cross the street who without first checking to see it say if you're taking your life in your own hands. not to mention you're assuming the driver is not on the phone and is paying attention to the road. there no laws on the book that's a you have to look both ways but if you gamble crossing without first looking with you think will win the 2010 car or you a question mark in san francisco
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stanley roberts kron 4 news. a quick break here the kron 4 news at 6:00 coming up the dodgers not only lost to the giants last leads but suspensions will details ahead in the a's to what is free from the red sox the coliseum today. jason has highlights. i'm kimberly right now www.kron4.com counted us to help you save some time on the road with our traffic page. are color-coded map lets you know where the hot spots are whether there do that accidents will work or just a little regular two-time a traffic jam. check motor outdated and live cameras on roadways and bridges throughout the bay area on www.kron4.com.
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huge impact on our life in the near future. with virtual images and information. you might use it with their cell phones in the near future. he read about you come across a funky looking plant you know more about it. take your cellphone point the camera lens on the cellphone towards the plants and all the sudden a virtual image of the plant will pop up on yourself and screamed and all kinds of information about the plan will pop up like its name, its origin, d one by one. now that's a few years out there right now there is an example of augmented reality on the market that you can check yourself and has to do with baseball cards. >> spot cards are going high- tech parts manufacturer topps is trying to reinvent the old hobby of collecting baseball cards using new augmented reality technology. making the cards 3 d and giving them the ability to interact with your computer to resolve the cards you to come to life it's pretty cool. you need
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a web cam running with your computer and what can will do purifier of the internet and log on to the three live web site. pick one of the 3 d cards if choose a name the player on the card you have from a list on the web site. and is in ride howard. and as you hold up the card of from the web can. >> philadelphia phillies first baseman ryan how word. >> player then pops up from the card on the screen comes to life. when your hand moves the card this 3 d image on screen moves with it. he did release a bridge player from the card in the living and your computer screen. from there to complete games with your player. isn't pitching catching bad thing to see a cut of scores you can get for more affirmation log on to www.kron4.com look at my tech page gabe slate kron 4 news. >> the fog didn't go back all that far off the coast today overcast conditions unveiled in
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were still seeing the what the golden gate bridge. but stick a look at our current conditions this is pretty cool out there. temperatures along the coast at about 54 degrees for the past several hours. it said thing in san francisco, 57 redwood city, 59 in oakland while this locations are overcast rate now and the cool marine air is affecting our lives spots as well. 67 in concord and livermore right now. a look at what we can expect into tomorrow the fog will quickly move inland over night tonight it will cover the entire bay area by 7:00 it will already be pushing back we will have dense fog and drizzle close to the coast patchy fog along the base shores the fog will peel back off the coast will be looking at conditions five to 10 degrees warmer with the added sunshine. a look at fog tracker for tomorrow morning and you can see that the fog stretching through the entire bay area. by 6:00 living back patchy fog along the delta and down the south bay look at how bad is when appeal back to the coast as well. not o'clock
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and were seeing clear conditions that will leave to warmer temperatures tomorrow. a look at temperatures throughout the bay area back in the '80s and are inland spots so will be pretty comfortable there tomorrow. 87 in antioch, 61 services go, 79 in santa rosa and 78 in san jose. kron 470 around the bay forecast. fog will be a factonoa factor temperatures will bump of 9 degrees by seven saturday and by next week to the fog returned and the only cooler temperatures. >> thank you jack livermore twist last night's giants dodgers games and the warriors signed a bay area boy will have sports coming up after the break.
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he is our role since the all- star break and a great story at the coliseum little player known as nafta watson. the areas in
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the second set it with the a's after playing in japan and korea in fact he played with the bears in korea. nearly seven years after making his major-league debut he it's his first career home run also shot to the right. it's a wonder-1 game. bottom third game tied at one any cut the absolute crush as this one it to run homer to dead center over the war did sign. it's his sixth homer this season 3 tie for the tories. runners on second and third in davis in and out of the line up all year. it's a blessing will shallow center both fronts come home and a's 6-2 a's at this juncture top six great game today hits the to run track to left-center off she'll gonzales to bring the red sox to within two runs 6-4. dallas to that of a jam here when mark puts paddington team built a pretty double play to an ending. the threat kinsellas tel
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141 lifetime when getting three more runs. the a's win 6-4. they have now run seven out of their last eight to climb to a game over 500. the fallout from last night's crazy game at dodger stadium. remember last night when clayton it was a retaliation he's been suspended for five games 81 start show torrey also suspended the bench coach dan schaefer also suspended for one game. torrey and schaefer when he came out to the mound stepped off a step back on the call the one that they had to take in the closer out of the day which led to this id by andre who made it look like a genius as the giants won the game. >> once you leave the dirt you can't go back i was watching
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him and went back to say something else and they didn't see that empire sought protest the game they've got a ride in what was when for was andre seen through. >> the got gray eyes for that to and i guess as to all steps off the mound helped. >> know yet another bizarre twist late breaking it turns out to according to the rules that's 8.060 boxed in should've stayed in the game and faced an end in removed. had the dodgers protest of last night's game they have actually won. all of this no doubt added to the giants dodgers floor. if the warriors have made a move that its chairman linda six but 3 in. 21 year-old guard to mature december lake he signs a one- year deal for he was the chronicle high-school clear the year and 06 had a palo we'll tow and places college ball at harvard. he was a standout for the mavericks like a set in the summer league. he's the first
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asian american player signed with the warriors in 63 years. >> obviously it's an honor but at the same time i consider myself more of a basketball player i know i'm ready to play this level the ninth concern about being asian-american. at the same time i understand at steep asian-american community how they supported me tremendously and very painful for that. >> no course you can't do were leros door without an injury the board all-star david lee hill mix the next six weeks including the world championships although he said to play. or he would like to play due to an injured tendon to the left middle ranks sorry middle finger of the right hand. he has to respond to the next six weeks ago for recovery and the training camp for next september. the sun to and 80 + million dollar deal. if you run the graphic america's top richest tiger woods stayed on
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top $30 million ahead of phil mickelson is he that wound up with me whether james. >> that's before alimony. (laughter) x?
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